[Commlist] CFP: Dandelion Journal special issue on Intersectionality (PGR journal)

*Call for Articles – Dandelion Journal Special Issue on Intersectionality*

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A core component of critical race theory, the term intersectionality was 
coined by American lawyer and academic Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1991 to 
describe the “multidimensionality” of the Black woman’s experience.

It describes how an individual’s different identities – such as gender 
identity, race, class, etc – intersect and overlap to create compound, 
interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. For example, a 
white woman may experience misogyny and a Black man may experience 
racism, but a Black woman will experience both misogyny /and/ racism. 
All three experience discrimination – and, consequently, disadvantaged – 
but in different forms and to varying degrees.

This special issue of Dandelion Journal asks what role intersectional 
identities have in the arts (e.g. film, television, journalism, poetry, 
fine art, photography, literature, etc.), and how they impact on the 
production, sale and distribution of art/media objects around the world.

  * What impact do intersectional identities have on – and within – the
    arts, if any?
  * What can we learn from studying lived experiences in the arts
    through an intersectional lens?
  * How can we approach, understand and/or evaluate decision-making
    processes in the arts from an intersectional perspective?

We invite *postgraduate research students, early career researchers and 
established academics* to consider and respond to these questions within 
their specific disciplines and research foci, and to look forward 
towards a decolonised future within the arts.

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*Potential topics for exploration include, but are not limited to:*

·The decolonised newsroom.

·Intersectional migration narratives.

·Locating Black women in the history of art.

·Intersectionality in fiction – contemporary and historical.

·Decolonising galleries and museums.

·Intersectionality in contemporary and historical fiction.

·Language, identity and resistance.

·Intersectional poetry.

·Film and television – intersectionality on camera and behind the scenes.

·The intersectional writer’s room (television).

Articles should be 2000 to 2500 words long. We would also be interested 
in publishing short works of speculative fiction between 1000 and 3000 
words on the theme of intersectionality in the arts. You may also submit 
works of poetry or visual art pieces, accompanied by a critical 
reflection on your work of no more than 1500 words. We are happy to take 
any questions and discuss ideas with interested authors prior to the 
submission deadline.

Please send completed submissions to (nsmith22 /at/ student.bbk.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(nsmith22 /at/ student.bbk.ac.uk)>before 1^st June 2022, including a 
50-word author biography and a 200-300 word abstract. All referencing 
and style is required in MHRA format as a condition of publication, and 
submitted articles should be academically rigorous and ready for 
immediate publication. Complete instructions for submission can be found 
at www.dandelionjournal.org <http://www.dandelionjournal.org>.

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*About Dandelion*:


Dandelion is Birkbeck College's Postgraduate Arts Journals and Research 
Network, currently publishing special issues edited by postgraduate 
research students in the university's School of Arts.

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